Scythian Poison Scythicon: Deadly arrows

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Scythian Poison Arrows The Scythians were famous for their deadly composite bows. They smeared their arrowheads with poison to make each of their successful shots...

Scythian Cannabis in Ancient Ukraine: Herodotus discovers hemp for Greeks

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Man’s Great Benefactor “Throughout the ages, Cannabis has been extolled as one of man’s greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Cannabis...

Khokhols: Ilya Repin’s Ukrainian Cossacks

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Repin & Cossacks’ Reply World-famous painter Ilya Repin devoted 10 years to creating his painting The Reply of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan....

Khokhol Hairstyle: Millennium-Old Mark of Nobility of Kyiv Rus Rulers

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Leo the Deacon Byzantine court historian Leo the Deacon met Kyiv ruler Sviatoslav the Brave in person in 971 AD. Leo’s description of the famous...

Older than Stonehenge and Pyramids: Megalithic Cromlech Kurgan in Ukraine

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Excavations In early 2021, archaeologists began excavating a huge mound south of Dnipro in central Ukraine; it was 7.5 meters high and 50 meters in...

Homer’s Iliad & Ancient Ukraine: Achilles’ Burial of his friend Patroclus

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Patroclus Burial In Chapter 23 of the Iliad, Homer describes the epic scenes of Patroclus’ burial, which Achilles organized for his friend. The funeral ritual included...

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Gold Deer Plaques on Human Skull: Synjavka Scythian barrow in Ukraine

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The human skull covered with gold plates of two patterns was found in the central chamber of a Scythian barrow near the village of...

John Steinbeck depicts Ukrainian women

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“On the way to our hotel we noticed, as everyone does, that the Ukrainian girls are very pretty, mostly blond, with fine womanly figures. They have...

Olga of Kyiv, the first Christian ruler of Rus: her famous...

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Professor of History  Dr. C. Raffensperger in his 'Reimagining Europe: Kievan Rus' in the Medieval World' published by Harvard University Press in 2012, mentions...

‘Russians’ are the Volga Finns, not Slavs

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Waiver: All nations are equal and the Finns are one of the most advanced nations in Europe these days. The reason for writing this...

‘Harbingers of the Resurrection’ by Nikolai Ge

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Russia’s War on Ukraine is about Stolen Identity

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Jan. 18, 2024. NEWSWEEK: Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and prime minister, said on Wednesday that there will "always" be a chance for another...

Signature of Ukrainian Hetman Mazepa. Signature of Moscovy Tzar Peter I

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Lord Byron devoted one of his best poems to Mazepa > Peter I's nature was displayed during his stay in London > Sabre of Ivan...

Chamber-Graves of Kyiv Rus: Scythian burial ritual revival

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Swedish academic and Professor of archaeology Anne-Sofie Gräslund (b. 1940) in her 1980 book ‘The Burial Customs. A study of the graves on Björkö’...

Rus were Sarmatian Roxolani: They fought in Trajan’s Dacian Wars and...

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"Where can we look for the most ancient references to our Rus, that is, to the Rus’ people? We will not discuss the Biblical people...

Treaty of Paris ending Crimean War was signed March 30, 1856....

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Encyclopedia Britannica: Treaty of Paris, (1856), treaty signed on March 30, 1856, in Paris that ended the Crimean War. The treaty was signed between Russia on one side and France,...

Russian soldier’s first-aid kit vs Ukrainian one

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Russian soldier's first-aid kit is above and a Ukrainian one below.

Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Gold Torque or Gryvna

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The gold hryvnia that was found on the neck of the Queen is one of the most artistically perfect works of goldsmithing. Its weight...